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TIL there used to exist a raised subway line along Third Avenue in Manhattan and ran beginning in 1878 but was phased out in the 1950s. It was a frequent backdrop for movies

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Pbre TIL a family-owned coffee roaster won a patent infringment suit brought against them by Keurig; The next day they counter-sued for violations of antitrust and unfair competition laws.
oBdxE TIL chimpanzees in Uganda are killing infants and attacking people because of havitat loss and them.moving into areas closer to humanity.
kJOEg TIL the modern face-up technique of high jump was invented by American Dick Fosbury and debuted at the 1968 Olympics. Reporters mocked him, saying he looked like a "two legged camel". He won the gold. It is now known as the "Fosbury Flop" and is the dominant style in the sport
Z8mOY TIL of the Duga Radar Array, a Soviet over-the-horizon radar hidden in the forests of Chernobyl that was at the heart of mind control conspiracy theories
yVZjv TIL a group of pandas is most commonly called an "Embarrassment of pandas"